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The [[U.S. government]] has reason to believe that several researchers inside the WIV became sick in autumn 2019, before the first identified case of the outbreak, with symptoms consistent with both [[COVID-19]] and common seasonal illnesses. This raises questions about the credibility of WIV senior researcher [[Shi Zhengli]]’s public claim that there was “zero infection” among the WIV’s staff and students of SARS-CoV-2 or SARS-related viruses.

The [[U.S. government]] has reason to believe that several researchers inside the WIV became sick in autumn 2019, before the first identified case of the outbreak, with symptoms consistent with both [[COVID-19]] and common seasonal illnesses. This raises questions about the credibility of WIV senior researcher [[Shi Zhengli]]’s public claim that there was “zero infection” among the WIV’s staff and students of SARS-CoV-2 or SARS-related viruses.

Accidental infections in labs have caused several previous virus outbreaks in China and elsewhere, including a 2004 SARS outbreak in [[Beijing]] that infected nine people, killing one.

Accidental infections in labs have caused several previous virus outbreaks in China and elsewhere, including a [[SARS-CoVid-1|2004 SARS outbreak]] in [[Beijing]] that infected nine people, killing one.

The [[CCP]] has prevented independent [[journalist]]s, investigators, and global health authorities from interviewing researchers at the WIV, including those who were ill in the fall of 2019. Any credible inquiry into the origin of the virus must include interviews with these researchers and a full accounting of their previously unreported illness.<ref>https://www.state.gov/fact-sheet-activity-at-the-wuhan-institute-of-virology/</ref>}}

The [[CCP]] has prevented independent [[journalist]]s, investigators, and global health authorities from interviewing researchers at the WIV, including those who were ill in the fall of 2019. Any credible inquiry into the origin of the virus must include interviews with these researchers and a full accounting of their previously unreported illness.<ref>https://www.state.gov/fact-sheet-activity-at-the-wuhan-institute-of-virology/</ref>}}